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Serenity Resort & Residences Phuket and East 88 Beach Lounge are pleased to announce the appointment of Maxime Gaillard as our new Food & Beverage Manager. Originally from Bordeaux in South Western France, Maxime comes with a wealth of knowledge and experience in hospitality and food & beverage service.
Members of the Serenity Team visited the Watsawang Arrom School in Rawai Phuket on 19th June to donate school uniforms to the Children. For the 2nd year running, thanks to the generosity of our guests at Serenity Resort and Residences, we have been able to support the local school by providing much needed uniforms.
Once again (for the 3rd year in a row), Serenity Resort and Residences have been awarded the Tripadvisor ‘Certificate of Excellence’, from the world’s largest travel site! Awarded to only the top few percent of hotels around the world, the 2013 Certificate of Excellence demonstrates our ongoing commitment to providing a consistently high standard of service for our guests.
According to Tripadvisor:
“This accolade, which honors hospitality excellence, is given only to establishments that consistently achieve outstanding traveler reviews on Tripadvisor, and is extended to qualifying businesses worldwide. Only the top-performing businesses listed on Tripadvisor receive this prestigious award”.
Great reviews on www.TripAdvisor.com keep our team motivated and smiling. We would like to thank all of our past guests who took the time to complete a review on Tripadvisor, all suggestions that we have received, have helped us to further enhance the Serenity Experience.
For those of you who are yet to visit, we hope to exceed your expectations on your visit and look forward to receiving your comments and suggestions.
We hope to have the pleasure of welcoming you all back to Serenity again soon.
Thanks again from all at Serenity!
On 8th December, SKAL Phuket, with the help of some familiar faces from the Serenity Team, hosted the ‘Full Monty’ charity event to raise funds for local charities. The event was a phenomenal success with over 300,000 Baht being raised for Phuket Children’s charities.
The event was held at The Bliss Beach Club, with our very own General Manager (Urs) and our Executive Assistant Manager (Pascal) taking part in the show! From the 300,000 baht raised, SKAL Phuket was able to donate 150,000 to the ‘Phuket has been good to us’ childrens educational charity and 150,000 was donated to SKAL Phuket’s own educational charity programs benefiting children in Rawai and Khao Lak.
SKAL Phuket is the world’s largest travel and tourism organisation, made up of the top executives in the industry, to promote global tourism and friendship.
Click here to read the Skal Phuket Press Release.
The Serenity Team take our Social Responsibility seriously and recently joined the Burns supper auction event at Pullman Phuket Arcadia, in support of the ‘Phuket has been good to us’ foundation. By providing one of the auction prizes, Serenity were able to help the Burns Supper raise over 474,000 Baht, which will fund an English teacher for a year.
The ‘Phuket has been good to us’ foundation supports more than 900 underprivileged children around Phuket, helping to “improve the economic opportunities and life chances of young people around Phuket by funding and implementing high quality, practical English language Education in government schools on Phuket Island”.
The 2nd Saturday in January in Thailand…today…is national childrens day or ‘Wan Dek’. Childrens day is a wonderful time, where families and children get together to celebrate and give kids the opportunity to have fun. The streets are awash with local events and festivities for the kids, with many government offices open to families and their children.
Children can enjoy tours of everything from official government buildings like Government house through to guided tours of military aircraft and ships, with many businesses providing free entry to attractions and more.
In keeping with Children’s day traditions, the Serenity team took this opportunity to give something back to the local community, Â here are 2 of our Children’s day initiatives:
The team of Serenity (top) led by Financial Controller Ms. Tang (third from left) and Human Resources Manager Ms. Mook (far right) recently donated bicycles for underprivileged children of the local Rawai community. The donation was received by a local representative of the village.
Serenity donated 100 gift sets for the children at Watsawangarom School in Rawai for the occasion of the National children’s day.
Happy Children’s day to all!
Find more information about the Serenity Community Social Responsibility scheme here.
Avram Grant, former Chelsea FC, West Ham FC and Portsmouth FC Football Manager took time out of his busy schedule to relax at Serenity Phuket this week, staying in one of our unique Beach Front Pool Villa Residences.
Avram, who recently ended a spell as Manager of Partizan Belgrade, chose to come to Phuket for a holiday break, but still found the time to meet with our GM, Urs, to the delight of the football fans within the Serenity Team!
Avram is perhaps most famous for his spell as Chelsea manager in 2007 following the departure of Jose Mourinho, where he led Chelsea into the Champions league final, League Cup Final and contested the Barclays Premier League Title all the way to the final day.
Congratulations to our Serenity Pool Residence Villa owner, Formula 1 Racing Driver Kimi Raikkonen, for his first F1 victory since his comeback last year! Kimi, the 2007 Formula 1 world champion, held off Fernando Alonso, to seal victory at the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix on Sunday, for his 19th GP win, his first victory since the 2009 Belgian Grand Prix.
Speaking after the race, Kimi, nicknamed ‘Iceman’ had this to say: “I’m very happy for the team and myself but mainly for the team. It’s been a hard season for the team. Hopefully, this gives us more belief, not just for those are doing the work but those who run the team.”
Throwing open the 2012 Drivers championship with his victory, Kimi Raikkonen and his Lotus racing team, won the crash-filled Abu Dhabi Grand Prix in a time of 1:45:58, with Fernando Alonso finishing in 2nd place and Sebastian Vettel finishing in 3rd, following the race retirement of Lewis Hamilton.
Well done to Kimi from all at Serenity and we hope to see welcome you back here again soon!
Check out the flyer for more information about the East88 Beach Lounge Christmas Party Event! For reservations, please contact us via email at: east88@serenityphuket.com or join us on facebook at: www.facebook.com/east88beachlounge
We would like to offer you to participate in a new Serenity Project. Send us your Serenity Phuket photos and if we decide to use yours on our website or social media (facebook etc), we will give you a 3,000 baht (approx $100 USD) voucher towards your next room reservation!
It’s really simple. Just email your pictures (as many as you want!) to the following email address photos@serenityphuket.com with your full name and email address. It’s that simple!
By the way, the higher resolution images have a better chance to be chosen! So, get your cameras out and get snapping, we are looking forward to seeing some winning photos!
Terms & Conditions:
– The competition is open only until midnight on 31 October 2012.
– Photos must be owned and taken by yourself.
– Vouchers are valid on the next visit & cannot be redeemed between 24/12/12 & 31/01/13
– Serenity have the right to use the photos as required.
– You, the owner of the photo, must be willing to give full copyright and usage rights to Serenity Resort and Residences in writing.
